LA - a few students have still not handed in their descriptive reports. Get those in, please!
Continue reading nightly and doing journal responses 2-3 times each week (not summaries, but your opinions, thoughts, feelings etc. about what you've read)
Math - we are well into our geometry unit. We've covered polygons (regular and irregular) and perimeter. Next is area, wooh!
SS - we will present our Heritage Fair projects this coming Wednesday. We have been working on these in class for several weeks now. Students chose their own topics, and should be able to answer the following questions on their projects:
· understand and be able to talk about your topic
· explain what happened – some background info
· why was it important to Canada or NB then?
· why it’s important to us (Canada or NB) now
· why you chose it
· any evidence you can have to go with it, explain it, show it
Science - We have started planning our science fair! All middle level classes will take part, and projects are due April 3rd. They will be on display for student-led conferences, which are April 4th and 5th. When planning, help your student to choose a topic that will work, not just something that looks cool.
The steps we've gone over are these: Choose a question that you would like to find an answer to. Can you personally do a test / experiment to find the answer to that question? Can you measure and report the results? If your idea meets all 3 criteria, it's a good one! We will have one full week of science classes to work on these, and then students will be responsible to finish on their own time.
Other: The results from the grade 5 math assessment have finally been released and will be sent home with your student Tuesday. We, unfortunately, do not get the actual assessments back, just the results!
